California Welfare and Institutions Code 14717.26 – (a) For purposes of this section, “foster children” means …
(a) For purposes of this section, “foster children” means Medi-Cal eligible children younger than 21 years of age who have been placed into foster care by a county child welfare agency or a county probation department.
(b) The department and the State Department of Social Services shall collect data on the receipt of specialty mental health services by foster children who are placed outside of their county of original jurisdiction. These data shall be included in the department’s Medi-Cal specialty mental health services performance dashboard, in compliance with all applicable state and federal privacy and confidentiality laws, and shall contain all of the following statewide information:
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 14717.26
- County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(1) The number of foster children placed out of county.
(2) The number of foster children placed out of county who receive specialty mental health services.
(3) For foster children placed out of county who receive specialty mental health services, the number of foster children for whom the county of original jurisdiction is responsible for providing or arranging for those services, and the number of foster children for whom the county of residence is responsible for that provision or arrangement.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 402, Sec. 5. (AB 1051) Effective January 1, 2023.)